Charles Blackman 'Moon Shadows' the field revisited desire and memory

desire and memory

she was also a prolific draughtswoman

a pink silhouette

Anne Marie GRAHAM (1925 - )

Each sheet 66 x 51cm

Charles Blackman 'Moon Shadows' the field revisited desire and memoryIn the immersive Moon Shadow, alternatively titled Moon Leaves, Charles Blackman lures us to the garden at midnight. Two anonymous girls, perhaps sides of the same face, look out against a moody sky. A cat crouches nearby, tendrils of garden holding the scene close. Auguste Blackman, Charless son, recalls helping to pull this lithograph. They were experimenting with the tushe technique using crayon and zinc plates. Each morning would start with